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  • Oct, 2012

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    Funding for the ABC

    Q. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) currently receives about $950 million a year from government, including money for transmission. In terms of future funding, do you think the ABC should receive:

     

    %

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total – More funding

    34%

    42%

    27%

    67%

    Total – Less funding

    17%

    13%

    23%

    6%

    A lot more funding

    11%

    15%

    6%

    24%

    Some more funding

    23%

    27%

    21%

    43%

    About the same funding as current levels

    32%

    31%

    37%

    21%

    A little less funding

    8%

    8%

    10%

    4%

    A lot less funding less funding

    9%

    5%

    13%

    2%

    Don’t know

    17%

    14%

    13%

    5%

    The largest portion of respondents believe that the ABC should receiving more funding (34%) followed very closely by those that believe funding at current levels should remain (32%).

    Seventeen per cent (17%) believe that the ABC should receive less funding.

    Looking at the results by voting intention, Greens voters are the most in favour of more funding for the ABC (67%), whilst Coalition voters are the most likely to take the view that the ABC should receive less funding (23%).

    Looking at the results by gender, male respondents are far more likely to support more funding for the ABC (44%) compared to female respondents (25%).

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